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As an extra special treat for Sherlock fans this story about Benedict Cumberbatch is inconclusive, and will require some detective work to get the definitive answers. Or you could just wait a few days and see what happens.

It all began with a deliberately provocative message on BBC Radio 4’s Twitter feed earlier today:

After that, of course, the trail of answers and counter-answers assumed fan-demonium levels of fiddliness, but all anyone will confirm is that something exciting is being recorded today, and we’ll know all about it very soon.

Bah.

So, while we are waiting, you may be interested to learn that Season Three of Sherlock will be available on Netflix on Monday, and as part of the package, each story comes with its own Sherlock Uncovered behind-the-scenes documentary, and a larger overview of the entire season, entitled Unlocking Sherlock. All of which will feature Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss explaining how and why certain things are the way they are.

A good example being how they dealt with Sherlock’s apparent death at the end of the previous season.

Here’s Mark talking to Red Carpet News at the recent BAFTA TV Awards about British TV, and why not telling the whole truth can be better drama than a full confession: